Crosby 20 straight ppg+ vs Howe 20 straight top 5 in pts?

[Nadal On Clay]

Howe’s streak is more impressive, but I would change my vote if Crosby has 5 more seasons playing at a PPG pace (unlikely). 20 straight top 5 scoring finishes is absolutely incredible.

 

[nowhereman]

Haven’t averaged them all up, but doesn’t look like that is true.

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Actually, when I crunched the numbers based on the seasons they actually played in the NHL (removing Howe's retirement years and his WHA seasons), you're right. The average GPG during Crosby's era was 2.85 compared to Howe's era of 2.82. So pretty much a wash.

But, in that case, it makes the PPG aspect fairly easy to compare, since they largely played in comparable scoring environments.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Actually, when I crunched the numbers based on the seasons they actually played in the NHL (removing Howe's retirement years and his WHA seasons), you're right. The average GPG during Crosby's era was 2.85 compared to Howe's era of 2.82. So pretty much a wash.

But, in that case, it makes the PPG aspect fairly easy to compare, since they largely played in comparable scoring environments.

Thanks for doing that, I thought it looked close, on inspection, but was lazy (well also a little busy).
Ya his last year, when Hartford joined the NHL, looks like was his highest at 51/52 years old.